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...half years the Rome-Berlin Axis has ticked like a clock. Sympathetic Adolf Hitler has cheered loudly when Friend Benito Mussolini corrected the "pyramidal errors of geography." II Duce has applauded as the Führer grabbed Lebensraum ("living space") for himself. The two even joined hands for a while in Spain. But while committed to give moral aid to each other, no German-Italian understanding to give military help was ever put down in black & white. In fact, rainbow-chasing French and British politicians believed that Italy would balk before it came to that...
...attempt to forestall Encirclement in the Baltic, Führer Adolf Hitler invited Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia to conclude non-aggression pacts with Germany. Latvia and Estonia jumped at the chance. The other four countries reserved judgment until their foreign ministers had a chance to meet at Stockholm, agree on a common policy. Sharpest opposition to acceptance of the offer appeared in Norway...
...Most ominous-and least likely-explanation of the change: Comrade Stalin had decided to ally himself with Führer Hitler. Obviously Comrade Litvinoff, born of Jewish parents in a Polish town (then Russian), could not be expected to complete such an alliance with rabidly Aryan Nazis...
...Berlin it was admitted that Slovakia's "independent" days were numbered: sooner or later the Führer would figure out a "final solution" for the territory. A "solution" was suggested from Budapest: Slovakia should be returned to Hungary, after which Hungary would join the Reich's customs union...
...recent years some Croats began to drop hints that an approach to Germany might be the only way to wring concessions from the Serb Government. Such hints reminded the Yugoslav Government all too vividly of the actions last March of the Slovaks, who finally appealed to Führer Hitler to "save" their country from the Czechs...